Rockets

It was a great day to launch some rockets recently. Here's the results after developing the film:

A Few From Last Week

I just developed this roll of film and I have a few more rolls coming soon. Here's a sample:

Easter's Here

 

Projects & Plans

It's that time of year again. The weather is finally starting to warm up, the yard needs care, the garden needs planted and much more. Keeping busy usually helps me stay out of trouble, but recently I haven't had much time for trouble at all. I apologize it has been so long since a post here. Among so many projects I haven't taken the time to show some pictures, so here's one thing I've been spending a lot of time with recently:

New Gallery Book

An owner of a local art gallery has decided to feature some of my photos. He suggested I bring a book with some of my work in it in case his customers want to see more of my pictures. He ordered a 30 x 30 inch print of the photo on the cover, which was his favorite, so I put that one on the front. I can't wait to see the photo displayed and framed when he's done with it. Here's the online version of the book for you to flip through:

The American Bald Eagle

As I've mentioned before I'm not much of a bird shooter, however there are a couple exceptions. One of them is traveling to beautiful Farmington Bay during the first part of February to catch the Bald Eagles flying down from Alaska this time of year.

Heading out there last Saturday morning, I don't think we could have picked a better day or time to visit. Pictures are below.

Abstract Pattern

Film Cameras

Today's post features my film cameras. I've had a few others too (models ranging from 1960 to 2002), but sold them for various reasons and these were the ones to keep. All of them are manual focus and metal, two of my requirements for film cameras. They can all be used without a battery, as most of them only use the battery for the light meter. But my favorite part about them is they all use the same lenses. Today's lenses fit these cameras and the old lenses pictured below mount to my digital camera without any adapters.

First up is the KM from 1975:

Then came the K1000 (my first SLR camera) around 1976 and later the K1000 SE (Special Edition):

 

 Next is the K2 DMD (Dedicated Motor Drive), Pentax's pro model from 1976:

Around the same time (1976) Pentax released the MX, one of the smallest SLRs:

A few years later (1980) the equally small ME Super came to market. The ME Super was the ME's (1976) big brother with more features:

The LX was another pro-level camera, produced from 1980 to 2001. This camera features dust and weather sealing, making it perfect for outdoor pictures during rain and snow:

In 1983 the Super Program was released. This camera has a light inside the viewfinder to view settings in low-light or dark conditions: